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Re-commissioned at Devonport on 19 November, 1929 to continue with 2 D.F..{{NLJul31|p. 277}} | Re-commissioned at Devonport on 19 November, 1929 to continue with 2 D.F..{{NLJul31|p. 277}} | ||
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+ | She was re-commissioned on 4 May 1933 for work with the {{UK-DF|6}}.{{NLJul34|p. 282}} | ||
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+ | In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.{{ToL|Warships' Bells|12 June 1933, p. 11}} | ||
Reduced to Special Complement on 2 June, 1936 for service with the {{UK-ASF|1}} at Portland.{{NLJul37|p. 282}} | Reduced to Special Complement on 2 June, 1936 for service with the {{UK-ASF|1}} at Portland.{{NLJul37|p. 282}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Hector Creswell|nick=George H. Creswell|appt=31 October, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 277}}<ref>Creswell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/79.|D7605166}} f. 439.</ref>|end=October, 1931<ref>Creswell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/79.|D7605166}} f. 439.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Hector Creswell|nick=George H. Creswell|appt=31 October, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 277}}<ref>Creswell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/79.|D7605166}} f. 439.</ref>|end=October, 1931<ref>Creswell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/79.|D7605166}} f. 439.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=David James Robert Simson|nick=David J. R. Simson|appt=31 October, 1931<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>|end=27 April, 1932<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>{{NLJul34|p. 282}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=David James Robert Simson|nick=David J. R. Simson|appt=31 October, 1931<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>|end=27 April, 1932<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>{{NLJul34|p. 282}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Bostock|nick=John Bostock|appt=5 April, 1933|end=4 May, 1933|note=for trials}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry John Haynes|nick=Henry J. Haynes|appt=4 May, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 282}}|end=1935}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry John Haynes|nick=Henry J. Haynes|appt=4 May, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 282}}|end=1935}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Godfrey Noel Brewer|nick=Godfrey N. Brewer|appt=|end=c. June, 1936{{ToL|Command of the Veteran|22 May 1936, p. 25}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Gerard Le Geyt|nick=Edward G. Le Geyt|appt=20 August, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 282}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Gerard Le Geyt|nick=Edward G. Le Geyt|appt=20 August, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 282}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Kenneth Hillam Fraser|nick=Kenneth H. Fraser|appt=8 August, 1938{{UBAllyWarship|5457}}|end=11 October, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|5457}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Conrad Byron Alers-Hankey|nick=Conrad B. Alers-Hankey|appt=11 October, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|5457}}|end=11 August, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|5457}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Adrian Paul Northey|nick=Adrian P. Northey|appt=11 August, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|5457}}|end=February 1941{{UBAllyWarship|5457}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Norman Vincent Dickinson|nick=Norman V. Dickinson|appt=February 1941{{UBAllyWarship|5457}}|end=7 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5457}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRNR}}|name=Charles Leigh de Hauteville Bell|nick=Charles L. de H. Bell|appt=7 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5457}}|end=late 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5457}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Gerald Anthony Gore Ormsby|nick=Gerald A. G. Ormsby|appt=15 February, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5457}}|end=15 November, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5457}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Temporary Acting {{LCommRNVR}}|name=Frederick Meares Osborne|nick=Frederick M. Osborne|appt=15 November, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5457}}|end=mid 1945{{UBAllyWarship|5457}}}} | ||
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H.M.S. Vanquisher (1917) | |
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Pendant Number: | F.3A (1917) F.08 (Jan 1918) H.0A (Jun 1918) F.85 (Sep 1918)[1] |
Builder: | John Brown & Company[2] |
Launched: | 18 Aug, 1917[3] |
Completed: | 2 Oct, 1917[4] |
Sold: |
H.M.S. Vanquisher was one of 25 destroyers of the "V" class.
Service
In October, 1917, Vanquisher joined the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla.[5]
She was re-commissioned on 2 November, 1920.[6]
Vanquisher was re-commissioned at Devonport on 15 September, 1924 for service with the Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[7]
Vanquisher was re-commissioned at Devonport on 27 May, 1927 for service with the Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[8]
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 19 November, 1929 to continue with 2 D.F..[9]
She was re-commissioned on 4 May 1933 for work with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[10]
In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.[11]
Reduced to Special Complement on 2 June, 1936 for service with the First Anti-Submarine Flotilla at Portland.[12]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Kenneth A. Beattie, 15 September, 1917[13][14] – 5 November, 1920[15]
- Commander Arthur J. Landon, 2 November, 1920[16] – 14 August, 1922[17]
- Commander Claude L. Bate, 22 August, 1922[18][19] – 28 August, 1924[20]
- Commander Percy R. P. Percival, 28 August, 1924[21] – October, 1926
- Commander Geoffrey S. Holden, 21 September, 1926[22] – 17 May, 1927[23]
- Commander Austen G. Lilley, 17 May, 1927[24][25] – June, 1929[26]
- Commander Donal S. McGrath, June, 1929[27] – 31 October, 1929[28]
- Commander George H. Creswell, 31 October, 1929[29][30] – October, 1931[31]
- Commander David J. R. Simson, 31 October, 1931[32] – 27 April, 1932[33][34]
- Lieutenant-Commander John Bostock, 5 April, 1933 – 4 May, 1933 (for trials)
- Commander Henry J. Haynes, 4 May, 1933[35] – 1935
- Commander Godfrey N. Brewer, – c. June, 1936[36]
- Lieutenant-Commander Edward G. Le Geyt, 20 August, 1936[37]
- Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth H. Fraser, 8 August, 1938[38] – 11 October, 1939[39]
- Lieutenant-Commander Conrad B. Alers-Hankey, 11 October, 1939[40] – 11 August, 1940[41]
- Lieutenant in Command Adrian P. Northey, 11 August, 1940[42] – February 1941[43]
- Commander Norman V. Dickinson, February 1941[44] – 7 June, 1942[45]
- Commander R.N.R. Charles L. de H. Bell, 7 June, 1942[46] – late 1942[47]
- Lieutenant-Commander Gerald A. G. Ormsby, 15 February, 1943[48] – 15 November, 1943[49]
- Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.V.R. Frederick M. Osborne, 15 November, 1943[50] – mid 1945[51]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1917). p. 12.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 879b.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 279.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 278.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 277.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 282.
- ↑ "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 282.
- ↑ Beattie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/125. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1920). p. 879b.
- ↑ Beattie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/125. f. ?.
- ↑ Landon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/35. f. 18.
- ↑ Landon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/35. f. 18.
- ↑ Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/180. f. 585.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 279.
- ↑ Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/180. f. 585.
- ↑ Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.
- ↑ Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/274. f. ?.
- ↑ Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/274. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 278.
- ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
- ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
- ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 277.
- ↑ Creswell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/79. f. 439.
- ↑ Creswell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/79. f. 439.
- ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
- ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 282.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 282.
- ↑ "Command of the Veteran." The Times (London, England), 22 May 1936, p. 25.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 282.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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